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1978-79 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (47-35)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 113.4 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (17th of 22)

SRS: 0.92 (12th of 22) Pace: 103.8 (16th of 22)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 107.7 (21st of 22) Net Rtg: +0.9 (12th of 22)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (12th of 22)

Arena: The Summit

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
15	Tom Barker	C	6-11	225	March 11, 1955	us	1	Minnesota, College of Southern Idaho, Hawaii
2, 4	Rick Barry	SF	6-7	205	March 28, 1944	us	12	Miami (FL)
22	Alonzo Bradley	SF	6-6	190	October 16, 1953	us	1	Texas Southern
12	E.C. Coleman	PF	6-8	225	September 25, 1950	us	5	Houston Baptist University
44	Jacky Dorsey	SF	6-7	230	December 18, 1954	us	1	Georgia
10	Mike Dunleavy	SG	6-3	180	March 21, 1954	us	2	South Carolina
13	Dwight Jones	C	6-10	210	February 27, 1952	us	5	Houston
24	Moses Malone	C	6-10	215	March 23, 1955	us	4
23	Calvin Murphy	PG	5-9	165	May 9, 1948	us	8	Niagara University
14	Mike Newlin	SG	6-4	200	January 2, 1949	us	7	Utah
50	Robert Reid	SF	6-8	205	August 30, 1955	us	1	St. Mary's University
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	PF	6-8	218	November 24, 1948	us	8	Michigan
00	Slick Watts	PG	6-1	175	July 22, 1951	us	5	Xavier University of Louisiana

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	82		41.3	8.7	16.2	.540				8.7	16.2	.540	.540	7.3	9.9	.739	7.2	10.5	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.7	24.8
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82		35.9	8.6	17.4	.496				8.6	17.4	.496	.496	3.0	3.2	.928	1.0	1.2	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.5	20.2
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74		35.7	8.4	16.2	.517				8.4	16.2	.517	.517	2.3	3.0	.760	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.5	19.0
4	Rick Barry	34	80		32.1	5.8	12.5	.461				5.8	12.5	.461	.461	2.0	2.1	.947	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.2	0.5	2.5	2.4	13.5
5	Robert Reid	23	82		27.5	4.7	9.5	.492				4.7	9.5	.492	.492	1.6	2.3	.704	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	3.7	10.9
6	Mike Newlin	30	76		24.1	3.7	7.6	.487				3.7	7.6	.487	.487	2.8	3.2	.872	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.1	2.3	2.9	10.2
7	Mike Dunleavy	24	74		20.1	2.9	5.7	.506				2.9	5.7	.506	.506	2.1	2.5	.864	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.3	8.0
8	Slick Watts	27	61		17.1	1.5	3.7	.405				1.5	3.7	.405	.405	0.7	1.1	.612	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.3	3.7
9	Dwight Jones	26	81		15.0	2.2	4.9	.458				2.2	4.9	.458	.458	1.2	1.6	.727	1.4	2.7	4.0	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	5.7
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	34		7.2	1.1	2.6	.420				1.1	2.6	.420	.420	0.6	1.0	.667	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.8
11	E.C. Coleman	28	6		6.5	0.8	1.2	.714				0.8	1.2	.714	.714	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.8
12	Jacky Dorsey	24	20		5.4	1.2	2.2	.558				1.2	2.2	.558	.558	0.4	0.8	.500	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.8
13	Tom Barker	23	5		3.2	0.6	1.2	.500				0.6	1.2	.500	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.6

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	2		39.0	9.0	20.5	.439				9.0	20.5	.439	.439	6.5	9.0	.722	12.5	8.0	20.5	1.0	0.5	4.0	4.0	2.5	24.5
2	Calvin Murphy	30	2		36.5	4.5	15.5	.290				4.5	15.5	.290	.290	4.0	4.5	.889	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.0	4.0	0.5	1.0	4.5	13.0
3	Mike Newlin	30	2		33.5	4.0	10.0	.400				4.0	10.0	.400	.400	4.0	4.0	1.000	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	5.0	12.0
4	Rick Barry	34	2		32.5	4.0	12.5	.320				4.0	12.5	.320	.320	4.0	4.0	1.000	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	12.0
5	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	2		32.0	4.5	11.5	.391				4.5	11.5	.391	.391	1.0	2.5	.400	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	10.0
6	Robert Reid	23	2		22.5	3.5	8.5	.412				3.5	8.5	.412	.412	3.0	4.5	.667	2.5	2.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	10.0
7	Slick Watts	27	2		21.5	3.0	7.5	.400				3.0	7.5	.400	.400	1.0	1.5	.667	2.0	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.0
8	Dwight Jones	26	2		16.5	3.5	6.5	.538				3.5	6.5	.538	.538	3.0	3.0	1.000	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	10.0
9	Mike Dunleavy	24	1		10.0	0.0	2.0	.000				0.0	2.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	1		1.0	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Jacky Dorsey	24	1		1.0	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	82		3390	716	1325	.540				716	1325	.540	.540	599	811	.739	587	857	1444	147	79	119	326	223	2031
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82		2941	707	1424	.496				707	1424	.496	.496	246	265	.928	78	95	173	351	117	6	187	288	1660
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74		2641	620	1200	.517				620	1200	.517	.517	168	221	.760	170	402	572	137	44	18	138	186	1408
4	Rick Barry	34	80		2566	461	1000	.461				461	1000	.461	.461	160	169	.947	40	237	277	502	95	38	198	195	1082
5	Robert Reid	23	82		2259	382	777	.492				382	777	.492	.492	131	186	.704	129	354	483	230	75	48	131	302	895
6	Mike Newlin	30	76		1828	283	581	.487				283	581	.487	.487	212	243	.872	51	119	170	291	51	9	175	218	778
7	Mike Dunleavy	24	74		1486	215	425	.506				215	425	.506	.506	159	184	.864	28	100	128	324	56	5	130	168	589
8	Dwight Jones	26	81		1215	181	395	.458				181	395	.458	.458	96	132	.727	110	218	328	57	34	26	102	204	458
9	Slick Watts	27	61		1046	92	227	.405				92	227	.405	.405	41	67	.612	35	68	103	243	73	14	71	143	225
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	34		245	37	88	.420				37	88	.420	.420	22	33	.667	13	33	46	17	5	1	17	33	96
11	Jacky Dorsey	24	20		108	24	43	.558				24	43	.558	.558	8	16	.500	12	11	23	2	1	2	8	25	56
12	E.C. Coleman	28	6		39	5	7	.714				5	7	.714	.714	1	1	1.000	1	6	7	1	2	0	0	11	11
13	Tom Barker	23	5		16	3	6	.500				3	6	.500	.500	2	2	1.000	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	5	8
			82		19780	3726	7498	.497				3726	7498	.497	.497	1845	2330	.792	1256	2504	3760	2302	632	286	1510	2001	9297

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	2		78	18	41	.439				18	41	.439	.439	13	18	.722	25	16	41	2	1	8	8	5	49
2	Calvin Murphy	30	2		73	9	31	.290				9	31	.290	.290	8	9	.889	2	1	3	6	8	1	2	9	26
3	Mike Newlin	30	2		67	8	20	.400				8	20	.400	.400	8	8	1.000	2	4	6	5	1	1	6	10	24
4	Rick Barry	34	2		65	8	25	.320				8	25	.320	.320	8	8	1.000	2	6	8	9	0	2	2	8	24
5	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	2		64	9	23	.391				9	23	.391	.391	2	5	.400	7	7	14	2	1	1	1	1	20
6	Robert Reid	23	2		45	7	17	.412				7	17	.412	.412	6	9	.667	5	4	9	2	1	2	5	7	20
7	Slick Watts	27	2		43	6	15	.400				6	15	.400	.400	2	3	.667	4	3	7	7	4	1	7	8	14
8	Dwight Jones	26	2		33	7	13	.538				7	13	.538	.538	6	6	1.000	4	8	12	3	1	4	6	3	20
9	Mike Dunleavy	24	1		10	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	1		1	0	0					0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jacky Dorsey	24	1		1	0	0					0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Moses Malone	23	82	3390	23.7	.604		.612	19.2	27.1	23.2	5.9	1.1	1.8	16.2	23.4		10.6	3.5	14.1	.200		4.5	-1.7	2.8	4.1
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82	2941	16.1	.539		.186	2.9	3.5	3.2	17.0	1.8	0.1	10.8	23.2		6.1	0.7	6.8	.112		0.9	-1.0	-0.1	1.4
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74	2641	16.4	.543		.184	7.1	16.3	11.8	7.3	0.8	0.4	9.6	21.4		5.0	1.1	6.2	.112		1.6	-1.8	-0.2	1.2
4	Rick Barry	34	80	2566	14.7	.504		.169	1.7	9.9	5.9	25.7	1.7	0.8	15.6	19.6		2.9	1.3	4.2	.078		0.9	-0.1	0.8	1.8
5	Robert Reid	23	82	2259	13.9	.521		.239	6.3	16.8	11.6	13.2	1.5	1.1	13.2	17.3		2.9	1.7	4.5	.096		0.0	0.5	0.4	1.4
6	Mike Newlin	30	76	1828	12.9	.565		.418	3.1	7.0	5.1	20.2	1.3	0.3	20.3	18.6		2.4	0.5	2.9	.076		-0.3	-1.0	-1.3	0.3
7	Mike Dunleavy	24	74	1486	14.9	.582		.433	2.1	7.2	4.7	27.4	1.7	0.2	20.4	16.9		2.8	0.5	3.4	.109		0.8	-0.5	0.3	0.9
8	Dwight Jones	26	81	1215	10.9	.505		.334	10.0	19.2	14.7	5.9	1.3	1.1	18.4	18.0		0.3	0.9	1.3	.050		-2.8	-0.8	-3.7	-0.5
9	Slick Watts	27	61	1046	11.3	.439		.295	3.7	7.0	5.4	27.2	3.2	0.7	21.7	12.3		0.4	0.8	1.2	.057		-1.2	1.7	0.5	0.7
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	34	245	9.3	.468		.375	5.9	14.4	10.2	8.8	0.9	0.2	14.2	19.2		0.0	0.1	0.1	.024		-3.0	-1.2	-4.2	-0.1
11	Jacky Dorsey	24	20	108	12.5	.560		.372	12.3	10.9	11.6	2.6	0.4	1.0	13.8	21.2		0.1	0.0	0.2	.076		-3.2	-1.1	-4.3	-0.1
12	E.C. Coleman	28	6	39	10.9	.739		.143	2.8	16.5	9.8	3.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	7.5		0.1	0.0	0.1	.169		-3.7	0.4	-3.2	0.0
13	Tom Barker	23	5	16	13.2	.581		.333	13.8	26.8	20.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.7	19.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.147		-4.3	-0.3	-4.6	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Moses Malone	23	2	78	28.7	.501		.439	26.1	21.9	24.3	4.9	0.6	5.4	14.1	27.7		0.2	0.1	0.3	.166		6.7	-2.2	4.5	0.1
2	Calvin Murphy	30	2	73	11.7	.372		.290	2.2	1.5	1.9	13.1	5.4	0.7	5.4	19.2		0.0	0.0	0.1	.042		-3.0	3.4	0.4	0.0
3	Mike Newlin	30	2	67	8.5	.510		.400	2.4	6.4	4.1	11.8	0.7	0.8	20.3	16.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.008		-4.0	-1.0	-5.0	-0.1
4	Rick Barry	34	2	65	12.1	.421		.320	2.5	9.8	5.7	22.1	0.0	1.6	6.6	17.8		0.1	0.0	0.1	.063		-0.9	-0.6	-1.5	0.0
5	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	2	64	12.0	.397		.217	8.9	11.7	10.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	3.8	15.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	.031		0.7	-2.2	-1.6	0.0
6	Robert Reid	23	2	45	11.9	.477		.529	9.0	9.5	9.2	7.5	1.1	2.3	19.3	21.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.003		-2.4	-0.9	-3.2	0.0
7	Slick Watts	27	2	43	10.5	.429		.200	7.6	7.4	7.5	26.7	4.6	1.2	30.0	20.6		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.069		-3.8	2.2	-1.6	0.0
8	Dwight Jones	26	2	33	26.1	.639		.462	9.9	25.9	16.8	16.9	1.5	6.4	27.7	24.9		0.1	0.0	0.1	.143		3.0	4.4	7.4	0.1
9	Mike Dunleavy	24	1	10	-6.3	.000		.000	0.0	10.7	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.167		-12.6	-3.4	-16.0	0.0
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	1	1	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.047		-4.4	-2.7	-7.1	0.0
11	Jacky Dorsey	24	1	1	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.047		-4.4	-2.7	-7.1	0.0

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